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Anti Xenphobia and Anti GBV Music (14:28)

12 September 2019 10:03 PM

Guest : Sylvestre Kabassidi
Tremaine Barnes

Whether he’s singing in French, English, Spanish or Lari and Lingala (local languages
from his homeland of the Congo Republic), Sylvestre is raising issues and making
people more conscious of the world around them. Tonight Sylvester will be playing us
his new song that was inspired by the latest outbreak of Xenophobic violence
Also Joining us later is Tremaine Barnes, a women's rights activist from Kimberley, Also
known as the Kaalvoet Prinses her song 41,000 Sisters from the forthcoming album,
State of the Nation is inspired from the battles that women in South Africa face every
day.

2019 Crime Stats (10:58)

Three of the country's policing precincts which recorded the most murders this financial
year are in Cape Town.
If the figures are anything to go by, Nyanga, Delft and Khayelitsha can be considered the
most dangerous areas in the country.
Nyanga detectives investigated 289 murder cases between April 2018 and March this
year; 19 fewer murders were recorded compared to the previous financial year.
In Delft, 247 people were murdered. That's 52 more than in 2018.
Khayelitsha recorded 221 murders; in the previous financial year, detectives in the area
investigated 192 murder cases.
The Philippi East police station is ranked fourth of the top 30 stations where the most
murders were reported.
Other Cape Town stations where more than 140 killings were probed include Harare,
Gugulethu, Mitchells Plain, Kraaifontein, Bishop Lavis and Mfuleni.
Most murders of the more than 21,000 killings were committed over weekends.
Cash-in-transit heists were down by just over 23%.
The number of drug crimes had also dropped.

#BeautifulNews (9:13)

11 September 2019 10:11 PM

Guest : Nduny Funda

The year was 1989. South Africa was in the throes of apartheid. Women in townships
were the most oppressed on account of their gender, race, and class. Subjected to
atrocities at the hands of men, they had nowhere to turn. When Mandisa Monakali’s
husband assaulted her, there were no crisis centres nearby, counsellors who spoke her
language, or anyone to stand up for her.
The year was 1989. South Africa was in the throes of apartheid. Women in townships
were the most oppressed on account of their gender, race, and class. Subjected to
atrocities at the hands of men, they had nowhere to turn. When Mandisa Monakali’s
husband assaulted her, there were no crisis centres nearby, counsellors who spoke her
language, or anyone to stand up for her.

Food and Trees for Africa (7:55)

11 September 2019 9:55 PM

Guest : Robyn Hills

Food and Trees for Africa is a Section 21 Non-Profit Organisation that addresses food
security, environmental sustainability, and greening. They initiate food gardens at
schools such as Mokone Primary School’s food garden provides fresh vegetables
including beetroot, cabbage, spinach, onion and cauliflower, all of which are used in the
school’s nutrition programme with any surplus sold to community members.
Another initative sees retailers like Shoprite & Checkers buying produce from
community food gardens where their customers can directly support the community
food gardens .

Nigerians leaving SA voluntarily (15:25)

11 September 2019 9:37 PM

Guest : Marc Gbaffou

Hundreds of Nigerians have taken up the offer from the Nigerian Government to be
repatriated home due to the latest outbreak of xenophobic violence in SA. Private
Nigerian airline Air Peace volunteered to fly people for free back to the commercial
capital Lagos.
The repatriation came after riots in Pretoria and Johannesburg killed at least 12 people
as 1,000 foreign-owned businesses were targeted.
The nationalities of those killed have not been announced but Nigerians, Ethiopians,
Congolese, and Zimbabweans were attacked

National GBV and Femicide Plan (9:59)

11 September 2019 9:26 PM

Guest : Bernadine Bachar

Government is working an on draft plan to combat Gender based Violence called THE
NATIONAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE & FEMICIDE STRATEGIC PLAN 2020 – 2030 it
outlines various strategies to combat the scourge of GBV violence in SA.

Sensitizing SAPS (14:14)

11 September 2019 8:53 PM

Guest : Sanja Bornman

Cabinet’s security cluster has detailed its plans to deal with gender-based violence and
ongoing xenophobic protests targeting migrants from African countries.
On Tuesday the justice, crime prevention and security (JCPS) cluster — which comprises
11 national departments, including state security, defence, police, and justice —
outlined several interventions to help quell recent violent incidents.
The government said police and the National Prosecution Authority will set up a
committee to look into all cold cases involving sexuall offences and gender-based
violence.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said “SAPS has committed to training more
female police officers to deal with victims of crimes against women and children at
station level. This will go a long way in ensuring victims are not subjected to secondary
victimisation,”